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Salnax on 31 March 2014

As of March 15, 2014

 

 

Title Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
New Super Mario Bros U Nintendo 0 0 3.78 3.78
Call of Duty Ghosts Activision 1.99 1.62 0.14 3.75
Nintendo Land Nintendo 0 0 2.89 2.89
Battlefield 4 Electronic Arts 1.63 1.23 0 2.86
FIFA Soccer 14 Electronic Arts 1.68 0.8 0 2.48
Assassin's Creed 4 Ubisoft 1.48 0.71 0.16 2.35
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo 0 0 1.91 1.91
Killzone: Shadow Fall Sony 1.55 0 0 1.55
New Super Luigi U Nintendo 0 0 1.4 1.4
NBA 2K14 Take-Two 0.79 0.52 0 1.31
Wii Party U Nintendo 0 0 1.15 1.15
Forza 5 Microsoft 0 1.14 0 1.14
Need For Speed Rivals Electronic Arts 0.81 0.32 0 1.13
Madden NFL 25 Electronic Arts 0.58 0.51 0 1.09
Knack Sony 1.01 0 0 1.01
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Warner Bros 0.43 0.3 0.23 0.96
Dead Rising 3 Microsoft 0 0.95 0 0.95
Titanfall Electronic Arts
0.9
0.9
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo 0 0 0.88 0.88
Ryse Microsoft 0 0.85 0 0.85

 

Notes for March 15, 2014

  • Ghosts has almost caught up with NSMBU, thanks to its being the #1 game on two consoles and appearing on the third.
  • There are now 15 million-seller games for Gen 8 consoles. Of these, five are Wii U exclusive, two are PS4 exclusive, one is One exclusive, and seven are on multiple Gen 8 consoles.
  • Titanfall should easily be the 16th million seller, appearing at the #18 spot its first week, ahead of Wind Waker HD and Ryse. However, it is competing with a few other shooters, like Ghosts, BF4, and Shadow Fall ahead of it, which might potentially hurt its short-term sales.
  • With Titanfall, EA has a quarter of the top 5 spots, even while ignoring the Wii U. This suggests that both EA is a publisher of hit games and that the Wii U is the least relevant of the three consoles.
  • Currently, out of these top 20 games, 11.95 million PS4 games have been sold, as well as 9.85 million Xone games and 12.54 Wii U games. PS4 owners are the least likely to buy exclusives based on this data. Furthermore, in all likelihood, the release of Infamous: Second Son will let the PS4 overtake the Wii U by the end of the month, especially since the exclusive Wind Waker HD is in a perilous position, and may soon be overtaken by a game such as Ryse as well as Infamous.
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, is not likely to ever enter this list. It'll have legs, but it's currently at only half the bottom games' sales. However, Wii U owners need not fret. The only Wii U exclusive in short-term risk of falling out of the top 20 is Wind Waker HD, and Mario Kart 8, an easy multi-milion seller is on the way.


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Salnax on 31 March 2014

Weekly Update Done! The big change is Titanfall climbing up the ladder.



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Zeus09 on 31 March 2014

Wii u software horrible yeah



Salnax on 31 March 2014
Zeus09 said:
Wii u software horrible yeah


Really? Cause NSMBU is still at the top...



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DanneSandin on 31 March 2014

Still a great list and thread! I hope you keep this one up for the entirety of the gen



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Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

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Salnax on 31 March 2014
DanneSandin said:
Still a great list and thread! I hope you keep this one up for the entirety of the gen


In my mind, there are three likely possibilities. In order from most to least likely:

1) I mantain this thread at least through the end of 2014. At this point, some PS4 exclusives take up most of the list, and render this thread less valuable, causing me to end it.

2) I mantain this thread for years to come. It would probably become a VGChartz staple, ala the daily COMG thread. I would expand the thread beyond the Top 20, and maybe through in some "qualifier"-based lists.

3) This site actually adds new features rendering this thread unnecessary, at which point I'll be too busy playing with the new toys to mind this thread's obsolesence.

 

Any way, expect plenty of updates for at least the rest of 2014.



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Salnax on 09 April 2014

For archiving purposes:

As of March 22, 2014

 

Title Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
New Super Mario Bros U Nintendo 0 0 3.78 3.8
Call of Duty Ghosts Activision 2.02 1.63 0.14 3.79
Nintendo Land Nintendo 0 0 2.89 2.9
Battlefield 4 Electronic Arts 1.65 1.24 0 2.89
FIFA Soccer 14 Electronic Arts 1.71 0.81 0 2.52
Assassin's Creed 4 Ubisoft 1.49 0.72 0.16 2.37
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo 0 0 1.91 1.92
Killzone: Shadow Fall Sony 1.57 0 0 1.57
New Super Luigi U Nintendo 0 0 1.4 1.41
NBA 2K14 Take-Two 0.8 0.52 0 1.32
Wii Party U Nintendo 0 0 1.15 1.16
Forza 5 Microsoft 0 1.16 0 1.16
Need For Speed Rivals Electronic Arts 0.82 0.33 0 1.15
Titanfall Electronic Arts
1.11
1.11
Madden NFL 25 Electronic Arts 0.59 0.51 0 1.1
Knack Sony 1.01 0 0 1.01
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Warner Bros 0.44 0.3 0.23 0.97
Dead Rising 3 Microsoft 0 0.97 0 0.97
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo 0 0 0.88 0.88
Ryse Microsoft 0 0.86 0 0.86

 



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Salnax on 09 April 2014

Weekly Update is Up!



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Recon1O1 on 09 April 2014

Thanks Salnax. This is great. I was expecting an 8th gen version of Smeags 1m sellers thread. I hope your option 3 happens at some point.

SMB in a photo finish! So close. Here cum duh shootahs.



Salnax on 15 April 2014

For Archiving Purposes:

 

As of March 29, 2014

 

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 2.05 1.65 0.14 3.84
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo 0 0 3.83 3.83
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 1.68 1.26 0 2.94
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo 0 0 2.91 2.91
FIFA Soccer 14 2013 Electronic Arts 1.76 0.83 0 2.59
Assassin's Creed 4 2013 Ubisoft 1.51 0.73 0.16 2.4
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.94 1.94
Killzone: Shadow Fall 2013 Sony 1.59 0 0 1.59
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.42 1.42
NBA 2K14 2013 Take-Two 0.82 0.53 0 1.35
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
1.25
1.25
Forza 5 2013 Microsoft 0 1.18 0 1.18
Wii Party U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.17 1.17
Need For Speed Rivals 2013 Electronic Arts 0.84 0.33 0 1.17
Madden NFL 25 2013 Electronic Arts 0.6 0.52 0 1.12
Knack 2013 Sony 1.02 0 0 1.02
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2013 Warner Bros 0.45 0.31 0.23 0.99
Dead Rising 3 2013 Microsoft 0 0.98 0 0.98
Infamous: Second Son 2014 Sony 0.92

0.92
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.89 0.89

 

 

 

Notes for March 22, 2014

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts is now the best-selling console game of Gen 8... thanks in part to its Wii U sales, without which it would still be well over 100,000 sales behind New Super Mario Bros U. Likewise, Battlefield 4 was overtaken Nintendo Land. The fact that both jumps happened the same week is probably symbolic of something.
  • Titanfall continues to climb up a few spots, overtaking Forza 5 as the lead XOne exclusive. At its current rate, it will become the #2 game on the XOne next week, and unless sales really plummet, can easily become the #1 XOne game by summer.
  • Infamous: Second Son has entered the Top 20, knocking Ryse out and Wind Waker HD down a notch. It should quickly overtake Knack as the #2 PS4 exclusive.
  • Outside of the Top 20, major games include the recently deposed Ryse, Pikmin 3, LEGO City Undercvoer, Metal Gear Sollid: Ground Zeroes, and Just Dance 2014. Of these, only Ground Zeroes has a solid (har har) shot at making the Top 20 eventually, being only about a quarter million sales behind Wind Waker HD.
  • We now have two 2014 games on this list, along with two 2012 games. The rest are from 2013. How many 2014 games will we get maximum?


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